Hacking Raspberry Pi

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DIY hardware hacking...easy as Pi ®!

Raspberry Pi is taking off like a rocket! You can use this amazing, dirt-cheap, credit card-sized computer to learn powerful hardware hacking techniques as you build incredibly creative and useful projects! This complete, full-color guide requires absolutely no experience with either hardware hacking or computer programming. Colorful photos guide you through each project, and the step-by-step instructions are stunningly clear and easy!

1. Start with the absolute basics:

• Discover why millions of people are so passionate about the Pi!
• Tour the hardware, including storage, connections, and networking
• Install and run Raspbian, Raspberry Pi’s Linux-based operating system
• Manage devices and configuration files
• Network Raspberry Pi and add Wi-Fi
• Program Raspberry Pi using Python, Scratch, XHTML, PHP, and MySQL

2. Next, build all these great projects:

• Media Center
• Retro Console Video Game Station
• Minecraft Server
• Web Server
• Portable Webcam
• Security & Privacy Device

3. Then, master all these cutting-edge techniques:

• Overclock Raspberry Pi for better performance
• Link Raspberry Pi to the Arduino and Arduino clones, including the AlaMode and the Gertboard
• Use the Pi to build electronics prototypes using a breadboard

Sample Content

Table of Contents

• Introduction    
• PART I  HARDWARE FOUNDATIONS
• Chapter 1 What Is the Raspberry Pi?    
• Chapter 2  Hardware Components Quick Start   
• Chapter 3  A Tour of Raspberry Pi Peripheral Devices   
• PART II SOFTWARE FOUNDATIONS
• Chapter 4  Installing and Configuring an Operating System   
• Chapter 5  Debian Linux Fundamentals—Terminal  
• Chapter 6  Debian Linux Fundamentals—Graphical User Interface 
• Chapter 7  Networking Raspberry Pi  
• Chapter 8  Programming Raspberry Pi with Scratch—Beginnings    
• Chapter 9  Programming Raspberry Pi with Scratch—Next Steps    
• Chapter 10  Programming Raspberry Pi with Python—Beginnings   
• Chapter 11  Programming Raspberry Pi with Python—Next Steps   
• PART III  BASIC RASPBERRY PI PROJECTS
• Chapter 12  Raspberry Pi Media Center   
• Chapter 13 Raspberry Pi Retro Game Station    
• Chapter 14  Raspberry Pi Minecraft Server   
• Chapter 15  Raspberry Pi Web Server   
• Chapter 16  Raspberry Pi Portable Webcam   
• Chapter 17  Raspberry Pi Security and Privacy Device  
• PART IV HACKING THE RASPBERRY PI
• Chapter 18  Raspberry Pi Overclocking    
• Chapter 19  Raspberry Pi and Arduino   
• Chapter 20  Raspberry Pi and the Gertboard
• Index 

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